Climate change and winter damage to fruit trees in eastern Canada

Canadian Journal of Plant Science

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1113-1125

  Rochette, P ^a   Belanger G ^a   Castonguay, Y ^a   Bootsma, A ^a   Mongrain, D ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climatic indices; Fruit production; Overwintering; Spring frost; Winter injury

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FRUIT PRODUCTION;

CANADA; MARITIME PROVINCES; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; OTTAWA VALLEY; QUEBEC [CANADA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 13244295779     PISSN: 00084220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/P03-177     Document Type: Article

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